The Polar Hunters (The Museum Books)
by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Boston, Massachusetts: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. Boards soiled, prelim torn out, one plate torn, pencil scribbles on at least one page. 1917 Hard Cover. 369 pp. With 34 illustrations, mostly from photographs loaned by the American Museum of Natural History. A story featuring Eskimos, polar... Read More
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Joy of Cooking: Revised and Updated Edition with 600 New Recipes, More Than 4,000 Favorites
by Rombauer, Irma S.; Becker, Marion Rombauer; Becker, Ethan and John; Scott, Megan
New York: Scribner, 2019. Revised and Updated Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8x2x9. Norton, John; Brones, Anna. 2nd printing of 2019 revised and updated edition. An exceptional copy. xliv, 1156 pp. In the nearly ninety years since Irma S. Rombauer self-published the first three thousand copies of Joy of Cooking in 1931, it has become the kitchen bible, with... Read More
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Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
by Romney, Rebecca
New York: Marysue Rucci Books / Simon & Schuster, 2025. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2025 Hard Cover. 455, [1] pp. Extensive appendices, bibliography, notes, and index follow text. From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers... Read More
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Susan B & Me: An International Collection of Personal Writings and Photographs by Women of All Ages, Dedicated to the Spirit of Susan B. Anthony, Champion of Women's Rights
by Ronsvalle, Patricia; Burns, Ursula M. (Foreword)
Rochester, New York: Big Kids Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x0x10. First edition. Light stain on rear cover. 2006 Large Softcover. xi, 140 pp. This beautifully profound four color publication includes photos and women's personal words and poetry from around the world. Printed in English, the collection gives the reader the understanding that all women,... Read More
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Susan B & Me: An International Collection of Personal Writings and Photographs by Women of All Ages, Dedicated to the Spirit of Susan B. Anthony, Champion of Women's Rights
by Ronsvalle, Patricia; Burns, Ursula M. (Foreword)
Rochester, New York: Big Kids Publishing, 2006. First Edition. Large Softcover. Fine. 8x0x10. First edition - a paperback original. 2006 Large Softcover. xi, 140 pp. This beautifully profound four color publication includes photos and women's personal words and poetry from around the world. Printed in English, the collection gives the reader the understanding that all women, no matter... Read More
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Fish Hatching, and Fish Catching
by Roosevelt, R. [Robert] Barnwell; Green, Seth
Rochester, N.Y: Union and Advertiser Co.'s Book and Job Print, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards rubbed and a bit soiled, front free endpaper removed, bookplate remnant on front paste-down, pencil notes on rear endpaper. 1879 Hard Cover. A work on fish hatcheries and fishing by the uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt. An early... Read More
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Gouverneur Morris (American Statesmen)
by Roosevelt, Theodore
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Edges a bit foxed. 1898 Hard Cover. vi, 341 pp. Standard Library Edition. Volume 8 (of 32) in the American Statesmen series. Green boards with gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt. Gouverneur Morris (January 31, 1752 - November 6, 1816)... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children
by Roosevelt, Theodore; Bishop, Joseph Bucklin
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. 8th Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8x6x1. 8th printing. Hinges loosening, ink gift note on front endpaper. 1919 Hard Cover. x, 240 pp. Includes frontispiece of Roosevelt with his children. It was during Theodore Roosevelt's hospitalization in late 1918, near the end of his life, that American newspaper editor Joseph Bucklin Bishop... Read More
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Modern Print of Blue-Toned Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and His Rough Riders
by [Roosevelt, Theodore]
S.N. Single Sheet. Very Good. Amateurly framed. Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders are depicted in uniform with an American flag in the background. Frame 9 1/2" x 11 3/4".
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Photographic Print of G.W. Derujinsky's Bust of Theodore Roosevelt
by [Roosevelt, Theodore]
New York: The Knapp Co., Inc. Single Sheet. Very Good. Derujinsky, G.W. [Gleb]. Minimal blemishes to print, light stains to backer board and wooden frame. Matted and framed. A gold and black photographic print of Gleb Derujinsky's bust of Theodore Roosevelt, originally commissioned for the memorial reconstruction of Roosevelt's birthplace in New York. Frame 13 1/2" x 11... Read More
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Large Modern Framed Print of 1918 George Torre Oil on Canvas Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt
by [Roosevelt, Theodore]; Torre, George
S.N. Single Sheet. Fine. Torre, George. An exceptional example. A reproduction of the famous painted portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, professionally matted and framed, with a caption stating this was taken from the original in the collection of the Union League Club in New York City.
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The Moral Basis of Democracy
by Roosevelt, Eleanor
New York: Howell, Soskin & Co, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x0. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with 1 inch closed tear and a few light smudges, front endpaper lightly foxed with small dealer sticker, jacket flap corners trimmed but $1.50 list price still present. 1940 Hard Cover. 82 pp. In simple, concise terms, First Lady... Read More
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The People's Medical Lighthouse; A Series of Popular and Scientific Essays on the Nature, Uses, and Diseases of the Lungs, Heart, Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, Womb and Blood; Also, a Key to the Causes, Prevention, Remedies, and Cure of Pulmonary and Other Kinds of Consumption; Asthma, Bronchitis, Heart Diseases, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Ague and Fever, Baldness, Deafness, Blindness, Head Aches, Catarrh, Costiveness, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Grub and Worms, Piles and Fistula, Miscarriage, Female Diseases, Cancers and Tumors, Falling of the Womb, Etc., Etc.; Marriage Guide, on Early Marriage, Growth of the Foetus, Organs of Generation, Prevention of Conception, Impressions on the Female Organs and on the Unborn Child, Art of Procreating the Sexes at Will, how to render Childbirth Easy and Safe, and retain their youthful Vigor, Beauty, and Elasticity of both Body and Mind, to a ripe Old Age
by Root, Harmon Knox
New York: Published by the Proprietor, 512 Broadway, and A. Ranney, 195 Broadway, 1856. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Thirteenth edition, revised. Edges rubbed with some loss from joints, front hinge starting, foxed throughout with quite a bit of transfer. 1856 Hard Cover. xxiii, 470, [2] pp. 8vo. Original dark brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles and decorations,... Read More
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Music and People
by Rorem, Ned
New York: George Braziller, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. First edition. Minor tear to top edge of front jacket panel, jacket lightly foxed. 1968 Hard Cover. 250 pp. Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is a Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and diarist. He is best known and most praised for his song settings. Rorem... Read More
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Philosophy and Social Hope
by Rorty, Richard
New York: Penguin, 2000. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fair. 5x0x7. Top edge was struck hard at some point with resultant creases and weakening of binding, light stain to inside of front wrapper. 2000 Trade Paperback. xxxii, 288 pp. Richard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings together those... Read More
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Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. [Pope]
by Roscoe, William
London: T. Cadell, 1827. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Third edition, corrected. Some loss from spines, volume 1 frontispiece stained, ink name and owner bookplate on front endpapers of each volume. A good candidate for restoration. 1827 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. Vellum spines and corners, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and decorations, marbled boards.... Read More
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The Woman before Wallis: Prince Edward, the Parisian Courtesan, and the Perfect Murder
by Rose, Andrew
New York: Picador, 2013. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First American edition. Corners lightly bruised, otherwise an excellent copy. 2013 Hard Cover. x, 336 pp. "From the glittering dance halls of Paris during World War I to the maisons de rendezvous, luxurious chateaus in the French countryside, The Woman Before Wallis recounts the untold... Read More
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American Rifle: A Biography
by Rose, Alexander
New York: Delacorte Press, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Jacket edges bumped and rubbed. 2008 Hard Cover. 495 pp. "George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.... Read More
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Register of Erotic Books, in Two Volumes
by Rose, Alfred
New York: Jack Brussel, 1965. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Both volumes: Boards lightly soiled, page ridges lightly foxed. 1965 Large Hardcover. xi, [1], 208; 209-398 pp. Two volume set. Bibliography of erotic literature.
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Giants, Monsters & Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
by Rose, Carol
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. 6th Printing. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 7x1x10. 6th printing. Minimal wear to corners, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2001 Large Softcover. xxix, 428 pp. We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons... Read More
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Visions
by Rose, Larkin
Valley Falls, New York: Bold Strokes Books, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Fine. 2014 Trade Paperback. 222 pp. Paige Burton meets the love of her sexual life at a masked sex party when she's too young to realize how special their connection is. After years of searching for similar sexual bliss, she has officially... Read More
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The Wakefield Mystery Plays
by Rose, Martial
New York: Doubleday, 1962. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Faint edge wear. 1962 Hard Cover. 552 pp. Four hundred years ago the medieval mystery plays, presented each year in various English villages to teach the stories of the Bible to the illiterate population, were the great classic English dramas. Queen Elizabeth I... Read More
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The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America, 1900-1918
by Rosen, Ruth
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. 7th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Seventh printing. Near fine. 1983 Trade Paperback. xvii, 245 pp. Written by the historical editor of the highly acclaimed Maimie Papers, The Lost Sisterhood describes both the women who chose prostitution as a acreer and the middle-class reformers who sought to eradicate prostitution from... Read More
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Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile, with Illustrations
by Rosenbach, A.S.W. [Abraham Simon Wolf]
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. 2nd printing of trade edition, lacks slipcase. Spine faded, discolored smudge on front board, minor transfer from now-absent tape on endpapers, pencil name (John E. Petrick) on front endpaper. 1927 Hard Cover. xiv, 311 pp. Frontispiece of a page from the Gutenberg Bible, numerous plates throughout... Read More
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Runnin' Crazy: A Portrait of the Genesee River
by Rosenberg-Naparsteck, Ruth; Curtis, Edward P., Jr
Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company/Publishers, 1996. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x8x0. First edition. Jacket faded. 1996 Large Hardcover. 192 pp. A pictorial history of the Genesee River by the Rochester city historian. Numerous black-and-white photographs and reproductions of historical illustrations throughout.
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